I was so excited to finally find myself in a workshop by Insight Yoga founder Sarah Powers this week. I had booked into her workshop months ago when I first heard that she was coming to Australia. In addition to an asana practice based in yin yoga, a delicious balance to the popular ‘yang’ yoga styles (e.g. ashtanga), we were privileged to hear Sarah share her insights into the practices of yoga, Buddhism, Taoism and psychology.
There were many moments when I found myself sitting on my mat, pen in hand, and scribbling furiously to capture the wisdom Sarah was able to share with us after years of studying and experiencing these practices and ancient traditions. One such pearl was the concept of surrendering. That we must learn to surrender in our practice. That we must find ourselves “surrendering into the flow rather than trying to control it…” and that “results are not our business, practice the method”.
We constantly experience pressure to produce results in our daily lives; both from society and the expectations we put on ourselves. We even do this in our yoga practice, our time spent in meditation. We attempt to do this by trying to control our environment even though life would be so much easier if we just ‘surrendered into the flow’.
(For those that are interested in attending a yin yoga class, the talented Jen Crescenzo teaches at a variety of studios around Melbourne. If you have been encouraging your partner to prevent and reduce sporting injuries by attending a yoga class, yin yoga may be the solution! Poses are held for long periods of time and targets the connective tissues of the hips, pelvis, lower spine and more – great for runners!)
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